It’s not their history. For thousands of years (and up until today), that symbol held a very diverse and rather important meaning for the Japanese (and Buddhist) culture. That is their history. And they don’t see a reason to forsake it for our benefit.

It’s the Mirror Universe. Established by Star Trek as being utterly evil 50 years ago. These people create new devices specifically for the purpose of torturing victims without them dying and all promotions come by assassination.

They’re considered junk food.

Okay, I know the comic isn’t even remotely historical but how can Alexander the Great be in a *prequel* when he was born over a hundred years later?

“Spartans had slaves”

Time ran backwards until Jesus was born. Duh.

Alexander was Macedonian... and was born almost a century after Xerxes died. I know that history doesn’t mean much in these things, but this is like Abraham Lincoln vs. Margaret Thatcher. (Which I would totally read: “Madness? THIS IS BRITAIN!”)

For those who want a more realistic portrait of Greek history around the same time period, I highly recommend Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly — it tells the story of three Helot slaves, because, yes, Spartans had slaves which they hunted for sport. The three slaves rebel, so the Spartans send 300 to kill them.…

I was fantastic. It still is, sometimes, but the lack of moderation doesn’t help. Remember #thecornfield?

“Wow, this is like a surprisingly friendly place.” And it isn’t that people didn’t have fights. People did have huge debates, really intense debates, especially about Batman.

I remember the comments section being such an inviting, open, and playfully banteriffic forum that it was a blast of refreshing geekdom in the face of what was already wearying internet toxicity.

So I’m guessing you’ve never played KOTOR II. Or that you ranted about how it, too, was being unfaithful to the mythos.

But on the same token, so was the first Iron Man

If Disney was smart, they’d do more movie crossovers with Agents of SHIELD - because for the past few years, AoS is existing in a much more interesting universe than the movie super heroes are.